Phil Plested

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| birth_name = Philip John Plested

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| origin = Watford, Hertfordshire, England

| genre = Pop

| occupation = Songwriter, Singer

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| website = {{URL|plestedmusic.com}}

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Philip John Plested is an English singer and songwriter. He has co-written songs for artists including Lewis Capaldi, the Vamps, Little Mix, Kygo, James Arthur, Anne-Marie, and Bastille.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-16 |title=Bastille Rediscover Purpose & Creativity With 'Goosebumps' EP |url=https://americansongwriter.com/bastille-goosebumps-ep-interview/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Plested Channels Impeccable Pop On 'Either You Love Me Or You Don't' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/plested-channels-impeccable-pop-on-either-you-love-me-or-you-dont |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Clash Magazine |date=25 April 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-11 |title=Plested Interview - Hit U.K. Songwriter & Artist, "Before You Go" |url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/plested-songwriter-interview-2020.htm |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Songwriter Universe|language=en-US}}

Early life and career

Plested was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK.{{Cite web |title=Songwriter who worked with Lewis Capaldi talks about his career journey |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/18842857.watford-songwriter-talks-career-journey-working-lewis-capaldi/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Watford Observer |date=7 November 2020 |language=en}} He studied at Central Saint Martins in London.{{Cite web |title=Music producers for Emeli Sandé sing praises of school |url=https://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/14747687.music-producers-for-emeli-sande-sing-praises-of-rickmansworth-school/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=St Albans & Harpenden Review |date=16 September 2016 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=ShieldSquare Captcha |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/plested/beautiful-brutal |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.songfacts.com}} After leaving school in 2012, he formed a band, Chasing Grace, with his school friends. The band released their debut album Nowhere Near Old Enough in 2015, and were active until 2016.{{Cite web |date=2015-02-23 |title=Introducing: Chasing Grace |url=https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/features/2015/02/23/introducing-chasing-grace/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=The Edge |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Chasing Grace give us the lowdown on their debut album, Nowhere Near Old Enough |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/leisure/music/11761726.chasing-grace-give-us-the-lowdown-on-their-debut-album-nowhere-near-old-enough/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Watford Observer |date=30 January 2015 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tsapovksy |first=Flora |date=2017-05-26 |title=Chasing Grace's faith-based apparel |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Chasing-Grace-s-faith-based-apparel-11174798.php |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}} He later transitioned to becoming a songwriter. Plested made his breakthrough as a songwriter in 2016 when he co-wrote the song "Touch" for Little Mix, which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20161223/7501/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.officialcharts.com |language=en}} In 2019, he co-wrote the song "Before You Go" for Lewis Capaldi, and it peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart{{Cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200131/7501/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.officialcharts.com |language=en}} as well as on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40.{{Cite magazine |title=Lewis Capaldi |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lewis-capaldi/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

As a solo artist, Plested released his debut album First & Foremost in 2018 with Atlantic Records.{{Cite web |title=Plested |url=https://www.thelist.ie/whats-on/artist/3630-plested-music.html |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=TheList.ie |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Pettican |first=Luke |date=2019-02-16 |title=Plested's First & Foremost: A Track-By-Track Review |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/plff-plested-first-and-foremost-review/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Atwood Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hartshorn |first=Tori |title=Plested Shares Official Music Video For New Song YOUR NAME |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Plested-Shares-Official-Music-Video-For-New-Song-YOUR-NAME-20181210 |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}

Discography

= Albums =

First & Foremost (2018)

= As songwriter =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Year !Title !Artist !Album
rowspan="18" \|2023 \|Gone \|Lost Frequencies & Alexander Stewart \|All Stand Together
Back Home For Christmas \|Mimi Webb \| rowspan="2" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
Leftover Love \|Picture This
Home Is Where The Heart Is \|LANY \|A Beautiful Blur
Both \|Tiësto & Bia \| rowspan="2" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad \|James Bay
Trainwreck \|Anne-Marie \|Unhelathy
Duvet Cover \|Ashley Singh \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
Must Be Love \|Niall Horan \|The Show
The Pretender \| rowspan="4" \|Lewis Capaldi \| rowspan="4" \|Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent
Love The Hell Out Of You
How This Ends
Any Kind Of Life
Dancing in a Hurricane \|Freya Ridings \|Blood Orange
Sweet Affection \|Ashley Singh \| rowspan="2" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
Not Alone \|New Rules
Both of Us \| rowspan="2" \|Mimi Webb \| rowspan="2" \|Amelia
Remind You
rowspan="6" \|2022 \|The Way We Were \|Kygo \|Thrill Of The Chase
Ghost of You \|Mimi Webb \|Amelia
Forget Me \|Lewis Capaldi \|Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent
I'm Good (Blue) Ft Bebe Rexha \|David Guetta \|TBD
\|Everybody Needs Someone \|James Bay \|Leap
Shut Off The Lights \|rowspan="2" \|Bastille \|rowspan="2"\|Give Me The Future
rowspan="8"\|2021 \|No Bad Days
Can't Say No \|Wild Youth \|Can't Say No
Leave Before You Love Me \|Marshmello & Jonas Brothers \| rowspan="2" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
Break My Heart \|JC Stewart
Lemonade \|Eves Karydas \|Lemonade
\|Falling Up \|Dean Lewis \|Falling Up
Therapy \|Anne-Marie \|rowspan="2"\|Therapy
Our Song \|Anne Marie & Niall Horan
rowspan="8"\|2020 \|Beautiful & Brutal \|rowspan="2"\|Plested \|Beautiful & Brutal
25 Hours \| Scoob! The Album
Permission \|New Hope Club \|New Hope Club
Lose Somebody Ft One Republic \|Kygo \|Golden Hour
Already Mine \|Jasmin Abraha \|Already Mine
Favourite Thing \|Fleur East \|FEARLESS
Kill Me Slow Ft MORTEN \|David Guetta \|New Rave
Survivin' \|Bastille \|Give Me The Future
rowspan="11"\|2019 \|Either You Love Me Or You Don’t - Live Acoustic \|rowspan="2"\|Plested \| rowspan="2" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
The Least I Could Do
Undo Ft Calum Scott & Shenseea \|Naughty Boy \|Undo
Over You \|Lily Moore \|Over You
Before You Go \|rowspan="2"\|Lewis Capaldi \|rowspan="2"\|Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Hollywood
5 Miles \|James Blunt \|Once Upon A Mind
Nobody \|James Arthur & Martin Jensen \|Nobody (The Remixes)
12:45 - Stripped \|Etham \|Stripped - EP
Devil \|CLC \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
Proud \|Aaron Carpenter \|Proud
rowspan="21"\|2018 \|Joan of Arc \|Little Mix \|LM5
Hooked \|Why Don’t We \|8 Letters
Say \|Ruel \|Ready
Worthy Of You \|rowspan="11"\|Plested \|rowspan="8"\|First & Foremost
Your Name
Habits
First Time
Ribcage
Backup Plan
Home By Now - Acoustic
Easier Said Than Done
Make A Start \| rowspan="3" {{n/a\|Non-album singles}}
Priorities
Lost For Words
All or Nothing Ft Ray BLK and Wyclef Jean \|rowspan="2"\|Naughty Boy \|All or Nothing
Bungee Jumping Ft Emeli Sandé and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan \|Bungee Jumping
Fire In Me - Sigala \|John Newman \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
Future \|Etham \|Future
If Our Love Is Wrong \|rowspan="2"\|Calum Scott \|rowspan="2"\|Only Human
Sore Eyes
Talk About Love \|Boyzone \|Thank You & Goodnight
rowspan="6"\|2017 \|Too Good To Be True Ft Machine Gun Kelly \|The Vamps & Danny Avila \|rowspan="2"\|Night & Day
Just My Type \|The Vamps
Bloodstream \|The Chainsmokers \|Memories...Do Not Open
Remind Me To Forget Ft Miguel \|Kygo \|Kids in Love
Last Time Love Ft Myah Marie \|Fancy Cars \|Last Time Love
For Myself - Acoustic \|Etham \|For Myself - Acoustic
rowspan="7"\|2016 \|Science \|rowspan="3"\|Youthonix \|Science
Starting Wars \|rowspan="2"\|One Beat at a Time
One Beat At A Time Ft THABO
Ballad \|PROSE \|Home Of The Brave
Grow On Me \|PANG! \|Grow On Me
Touch \|Little Mix \|Glory Days
Lazy Love \|Chloe X Halle \|Sugar Symphony
2015 \|Me & You \|Sam Sure \|Me & You
rowspan="2"\|2013 \|So Strong Ft Chasing Grace \|Naughty Boy \|Hotel Cabana
Certain Things Ft Chasing Grace \|James Arthur \|James Arthur
2012 \|A Gift & A Curse Ft Chasing Grace \|Devlin \|A Moving Picture

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Year

!Title

!Artist

!Album

rowspan="18" |2023

|Gone

|Lost Frequencies & Alexander Stewart

|All Stand Together

Back Home For Christmas

|Mimi Webb

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

Leftover Love

|Picture This

Home Is Where The Heart Is

|LANY

|A Beautiful Blur

Both

|Tiësto & Bia

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

Goodbye Never Felt So Bad

|James Bay

Trainwreck

|Anne-Marie

|Unhelathy

Duvet Cover

|Ashley Singh

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

Must Be Love

|Niall Horan

|The Show

The Pretender

| rowspan="4" |Lewis Capaldi

| rowspan="4" |Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent

Love The Hell Out Of You

How This Ends

Any Kind Of Life

Dancing in a Hurricane

|Freya Ridings

|Blood Orange

Sweet Affection

|Ashley Singh

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

Not Alone

|New Rules

Both of Us

| rowspan="2" |Mimi Webb

| rowspan="2" |Amelia

Remind You

rowspan="6" |2022

|The Way We Were

|Kygo

|Thrill Of The Chase

Ghost of You

|Mimi Webb

|Amelia

Forget Me

|Lewis Capaldi

|Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent

I'm Good (Blue) Ft Bebe Rexha

|David Guetta

|TBD

|Everybody Needs Someone

|James Bay

|Leap

Shut Off The Lights

|rowspan="2" |Bastille

|rowspan="2"|Give Me The Future

rowspan="8"|2021

|No Bad Days

Can't Say No

|Wild Youth

|Can't Say No

Leave Before You Love Me

|Marshmello & Jonas Brothers

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

Break My Heart

|JC Stewart

Lemonade

|Eves Karydas

|Lemonade

|Falling Up

|Dean Lewis

|Falling Up

Therapy

|Anne-Marie

|rowspan="2"|Therapy

Our Song

|Anne Marie & Niall Horan

rowspan="8"|2020

|Beautiful & Brutal

|rowspan="2"|Plested

|Beautiful & Brutal

25 Hours

| Scoob! The Album

Permission

|New Hope Club

Lose Somebody Ft One Republic

|Kygo

|Golden Hour

Already Mine

|Jasmin Abraha

|Already Mine

Favourite Thing

|Fleur East

|FEARLESS

Kill Me Slow Ft MORTEN

|New Rave

rowspan="11"|2019

|Either You Love Me Or You Don’t - Live Acoustic

|rowspan="2"|Plested

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

The Least I Could Do

Undo Ft Calum Scott & Shenseea

|Naughty Boy

|Undo

Over You

|Lily Moore

|Over You

Before You Go

|rowspan="2"|Lewis Capaldi

|rowspan="2"|Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent

Hollywood

5 Miles

|James Blunt

|Once Upon A Mind

Nobody

|James Arthur & Martin Jensen

|Nobody (The Remixes)

12:45 - Stripped

|Etham

|Stripped - EP

Devil

|CLC

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

Proud

|Aaron Carpenter

|Proud

rowspan="21"|2018

|LM5

Worthy Of You

|rowspan="11"|Plested

|rowspan="8"|First & Foremost

Your Name

Habits

First Time

Ribcage

Backup Plan

Home By Now - Acoustic

Easier Said Than Done

Make A Start

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

Priorities

Lost For Words

All or Nothing Ft Ray BLK and Wyclef Jean

|rowspan="2"|Naughty Boy

|All or Nothing

Bungee Jumping Ft Emeli Sandé and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

|Bungee Jumping

Fire In Me - Sigala

|John Newman

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

Future

|Etham

|Future

If Our Love Is Wrong

|rowspan="2"|Calum Scott

|rowspan="2"|Only Human

Sore Eyes

Talk About Love

|Boyzone

|Thank You & Goodnight

rowspan="6"|2017

|Too Good To Be True Ft Machine Gun Kelly

|The Vamps & Danny Avila

|rowspan="2"|Night & Day

Just My Type

|The Vamps

Bloodstream

|The Chainsmokers

|Memories...Do Not Open

Remind Me To Forget Ft Miguel

|Kygo

|Kids in Love

Last Time Love Ft Myah Marie

|Fancy Cars

|Last Time Love

For Myself - Acoustic

|Etham

|For Myself - Acoustic

rowspan="7"|2016

|Science

|rowspan="3"|Youthonix

|Science

Starting Wars

|rowspan="2"|One Beat at a Time

One Beat At A Time Ft THABO

Ballad

|PROSE

|Home Of The Brave

Grow On Me

|PANG!

|Grow On Me

Touch

Lazy Love

2015

|Me & You

|Sam Sure

|Me & You

rowspan="2"|2013

|So Strong Ft Chasing Grace

|Naughty Boy

|Hotel Cabana

Certain Things Ft Chasing Grace

|James Arthur

2012

|A Gift & A Curse Ft Chasing Grace

|Devlin

|A Moving Picture

Awards

Plested has won the Most Performed Pop Songs of 2021 for Before You Go by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).{{Cite web |title=Pop Superstar The Weeknd Celebrated as 2021 Songwriter of the Year at ASCAP Pop Music Awards |url=https://www.ascap.com/press/2021/04/04-13-pop-awards}} He has been nominated for British Artist Video of The Year 2018 and British Single Of The Year for Touch by The Brits 2018.{{Cite web |title=Touch Maze Game |url=https://www.4thfloorcreative.co.uk/work/digital-touch-maze-game |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=4th Floor Creative |language=en-GB}} He has been nominated for British Album of The Year for Lewis Capaldi by The Brits 2020.{{Cite web |title=BRITs 2020 Nominations: Dave & Lewis Capaldi Lead The Nods – See The Full List|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/v8hnna/brits-2020-nominations-dave-lewis-capaldi-lead-the-nods-see-the-full-list |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.mtv.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=And the nominees are... |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/about-us/who-votes-for-the-brit-awards |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=BRIT Awards |language=en}}

References

External links

[https://www.plestedmusic.com/ Official website]
{{AllMusic|id=mn0003068230}}
{{Discogs artist|name=Phil Plested}}

Category:Alumni of Central Saint Martins

Category:English male singer-songwriters

Category:English singer-songwriters

Category:21st-century English male singers

Category:21st-century English singers

Category:Living people

Category:Musicians from Watford

Category:Atlantic Records artists

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)